An attempt to evacuate residents from the besieged southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol collapsed for a second day on Sunday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said, blaming an insufficiently clear agreement between the two sides. "Amid devastating scenes of human suffering in Mariupol, a second attempt today to start evacuating an estimated 200,000 people out of the city came to a halt," the ICRC said in a statement. Days of heavy bombardment have left residents of the coastal city trapped without heat, power, and water. The city had about 400,000 inhabitants before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Mariupol city council said a convoy of e...
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